Band 5 Paediatric Emergency Nurse

University Hospitals Birmingham; Sutton Coldfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Registered Children's Nurse to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to practice autonomously while ensuring high standards of patient care in a supportive environment. You will be responsible for assessing care needs, planning, and implementing care programs, and supervising junior staff. The Trust is committed to staff development, offering various training opportunities and a flexible working environment. If you're passionate about making a difference in children's health and well-being, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Training and Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with substantial post-registration experience in acute care settings.
• Proficient in clinical skills and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Practice autonomously, ensuring safe, compassionate patient-centered care.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to clinical practice development.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Communication

Patient Care

Leadership

Mentoring

Flexibility

Education

Registered Children's/Paediatric Nurse

Health Care Management Qualification

Job description

The post holder will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence-based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. They will be responsible for assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for overseeing the ward/department and supervising junior members of staff. The post holder will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity.

They will work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, and their families. The post holder will contribute to the practice development within their clinical care setting and work in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and will be responsible for completing any work-based training associated with the role.

The department provides 24-hour care through a variety of shift patterns. The individual will work closely with the team to plan, assess, and implement care for each patient, to carry out a full set of observations and identifying PEWS score and escalating to senior nurse and ED doctors.

The individual will have exposure alongside the team to patients that are alerted in by ambulance and taken into the Resuscitation room to stabilise the patient.

Key Responsibilities

1. Understand own level of responsibility and accountability in relation to role.
2. Communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients and their family, visitors, and carers.
3. Achieve and maintain proficiency in a range of clinical skills through practice.
4. Undertake identified competency-based practices which are required for the department, after such tasks have been delegated to them by the senior nursing team.
5. Identify learning and development needs and produce personal development plans in conjunction with your line manager/supervisor.
6. Achieve and maintain competence in mandatory and statutory training associated with the role.
7. Complete documentation of care in line with the Trust Standards for Documentation.
8. Promote a positive image of UHB Foundation Trust at all times.
9. Care for and safeguard the public, practice in a safe, compassionate, and patient-centred manner.
10. Support members of the team and provide teaching and education where possible.

About Us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

• Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can.
• Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions, and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture that empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected, and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Children's/Paediatric Nurse on the NMC register
• Health care management/leadership qualification

Experience

• Substantial post-registration experience working in a complex health care setting/Acute NHS care setting supervising/mentoring junior staff
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical and/or managerial training and CPD
• Experience/willingness to be a practice-based supervisor/assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Professional portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
• Relevant and recent clinical experience within the specialty/acute care setting, including the supervision/education of junior staff
• Experience of mentoring undergraduate students
• Evidence of ability to lead/coordinate a shift/area of department

Additional Criteria

• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Approachable and friendly
• Supportive
• Flexible
• Well organised
• Sound clinical reasoning and decision making
• Ability to perform in complex and challenging situations
• Ability to inspire and lead a team
• Ability to work flexible shift patterns, including rotation to days/night duty and unsocial hours according to service need

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For Help with Your Application, Contact:

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01214247501

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference Number

304-9004871PM

Job Locations

Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR